Man accused of kidnapping 6-month-old

A 29-year-old Mobile man has been accused of kidnapping a 6-month-old baby from a Saraland home Wednesday night, police said.

Saraland police said Samuel Lee Joyner forced his way into a window at a house on Joneen Street, causing the woman who lives there to flee. The woman, who police declined to identify, left the baby in the house, police said.

Samuel Lee Joyner

Sgt. Leroy Smith, Saraland Police Department spokesman, said Joyner took the infant from the area for an unknown period of time. Police received a call about a kidnapping at 11:30 p.m. The child was recovered after Joyner returned to the house, Smith said.

Police arrested Joyner and charged him with second-degree kidnapping, second-degree burglary, driving under the influence and reckless endangerment.

Joyner was being held this morning in Mobile County Metro Jail on $16,300 bail. Smith declined to release further details, pending an investigation.